1. GOLD! L.O To understand the pull factor of Gold in 1849
To analyse problems in the mining towns

2. Both these posters had a big impact encouraging people to go west
In 1848, Gold was discovered in California.
Look at the date on the poster on the right…
Complete the boxes around the poster on your own copy.

3. Gold Rush: The ‘forty-niners’
Read p23 on the gold rush. Make a list of 10 key facts about the first California Gold Rush

4. Problems in the mining towns
When the miners first came to get gold there were no towns or settlement. Miners built shacks. There was no sanitation, running water so disease was a problem.
Drinking, gambling and prostitution all became popular, especially for the few miners who had managed to get rich.

5. Law and Order
Read pages 24 and 25 about law and Order problems in the mining towns.
Use the information from the book and the worksheet supplied to make notes as a journalist for a newspaper article on the mining towns.
You need to include information in your notes about Claim Jumping, law and order problems, vigilantes, road agents, racial conflict.

6. Homework
Answer the following exam style question: Why were there problems of law and order in the mining towns? (12) Remember, this is a causes question so you need to answer in FACTORS…